DBQ woman rights

DBQ woman rights

In the postclassical period, the opinion on how woman should be treated varied from unequal to valuable. Documents written by woman instead of only men would have been useful because it would give the viewpoint of the people who were being written about.
During 1140-1352, C.E. women were considered anything from capable, immodest, or dumb. In the Jewish commentary, the writer insists those women are incapable of understanding or performing prayer. They are considered lower than the ignoramus. (doc2) The exact opposite was the case in the book of advice, Yuan Cai believes that woman are useful to a family if they are literate and he thought that women are capable of learning. (doc 4) The Muslim who was traveling through Mali viewed that woman were acting immodest, he believes that they need to expose less of their bodies to men. (doc5)Despite the similar time period, people had different opinions about how woman should be treated and act.
Throughout the post-classical period, religions had different views on woman’s treatment and standards. The Koran stated that woman need to be respected and held almost as an equal to the male of the family.(doc 1) As for the Jewish commentator he made it clear that woman were not of equal capabilities or status as men. It showed that woman were not even intelligent enough to pray to God in the correct fashion in the writers opinion. (doc 2)The Muslim traveler was shocked by the way woman were treated and their actions in Mali. He believed that woman should be modest and only associate with people from their own family. In Mali, though the woman would walk around naked in front of men other then their father, husbands, or brother. The men treated them as unless. They would not care if they found their wife in bed with another man. (doc 5) These different religions held woman at different levels of respect
Lastly in the Middle East the Legal Code and The Koran both views woman with respect. In the Koran, the men were told not...